This psalm is a psalm that is meant for instruction and is written by the sons of Korah. This psalm breaks down easily into 3 different sections.1) Past history of the Jews, 2) current situation they find themselves in, and 3) a cry out to God to deliver them !
The first 8 verses start to tell the history (briefly) of the Jews and how God was with them and "planted" them because they were His people. How He was the one who gave them victories, gave them their land, and got rid of their enemies !!Verse 9 starts the second section off by saying, " But You have cast us off and put us to shame, and You do not go out with our armies." We do not know what specific thing was causing them to write this psalm, but it is obvious that the bad condition and situation of the Jews was being squarely at the feet of God !! By their own account, the Jews had done nothing wrong and God was allowing His people to be destroyed for no reason at all. The third and last part of this psalm starts with verse 17. Verse 18 says," Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from your way." So the rest of this psalm, through verse 26, justifies the Jews position and begs for God to save His people and to kill their enemies.The last verse of this psalm says, "Arise for our help, and redeem us for Your mercies sake." So we see that the psalmist has gone in a full circle by saying what God had done for their fathers and ask Him to do the same for them !
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